• Generic Carers  Information, Support,Campaigning and Networking Forum
• We are a non-funded volunteer group supported by the North West Carers Project.

We keep our forum members informed on what is happening in the carers world. We do this by means of a quarterly newsletter and Full Forum meetings where all our members can attend and get involved in the disscussion.

Our monthly committee meetings are open to all ( on the first friday of each month 10.30 a.m. at the North West Carers Project  Killearn Resource Centre  29 Shakespeare street  Maryhill  ).

The committee reflects the forums makeup. We are current and ex-carers.  Covering  Learning Disabilities, Mental health, Dementia.

Some of our committee members belong to:-

Carers Scotland        
Coalition of Carers Scotland    
Learning Disabilities Partnership ( Consultion Group )         
Mental Health Carers Central Forum   
North + West Community Health And Care Partnerships  (C.H.C.P.)
North + West  Public Partnership Forums ( P.P.F.) 
North P.P.F.  Executive Committee       
North West Womens Centre        
North Mental Health Network (c.h.c.p.)      
G.A.M.H. Carers Support Project    
Kinship Carers       
Service Users and Carers Involvement Group  ( S.U.C.I.G.)   
Carers Srategy Group
C.H.A.T.      

We are not funded nor do we rely on fund raising, although we have applied for grants from appropiate organisations.
We have Lobbied Holyrood and have written to 63 Primary/Secondary Schools in north and west Glasgow  with a questionnaire regarding their policies on Young Carers, this is ongoing.
            
Our longterm goals are tweaking and monitoring the System . To keep the Carer Perspective high . To support members and signpost them where we can.

FACILITIES

Web Access-Newsletter-Access to Policy Making structures

OPENING TIMES

N/A please see contact details below

CONTACT

t: 0141 946 5612 - c/o North West  Carers Project
e: castcarers@hotmail.co.uk